Windscribe - Free Proxy and Ad Blocker

Name: Windscribe - Free Proxy and Ad Blocker
Rating: 4.1 (118 reviews)
Author: Windscribe Limited

Windscribe helps you mask your physical location, circumvent censorship, and block ads and trackers on websites you use every day

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Windscribe is a powerful VPN desktop application and proxy browser extension designed to enhance your online privacy and security. It allows you to mask your physical location, bypass censorship, and block intrusive ads, trackers, malware, and social media trackers.

With features like location API spoofing, WebRTC blocking, timezone and language spoofing, notification blocking, and user agent spoofing, Windscribe offers comprehensive privacy protection. Its customizable whitelisting and cookie monitoring ensure a tailored browsing experience. Users can access content from over 63 countries without restriction thanks to IP masking. Windscribe respects user privacy by keeping no identifying logs and not selling or sharing data.

Available on Windows, Mac, Linux, and mobile, it integrates seamlessly with your browser while its open-source ad-blocking functionality is powered by uBlock Origin. Try Windscribe today to browse privately, securely, and without limits.

Privacy & Security Productivity Utilities

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Version:

4.1.9 Last updated: 2025-02-28

Creation date:

2021-11-26

Risk:

Permissions:

activeTab
contextMenus
declarativeNetRequestWithHostAccess
privacy
proxy
notifications
scripting
storage
tabs
webRequest

Host permissions:

<all_urls>

Size:

11.92M

URLs:

Website ,Privacy policy

Full description:

Source:

Edge Add-on Store

Updated:

a day ago

Ranking

# 179 ▲ 1

Other rankings

#15 in ad blocker keyword 96

#15 in mention keyword 2

#19 in location keyword 36 ▼ 5

#30 in block ads keyword 96

#32 in ticket keyword 10 ▼ 4

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User reviews

Windscribe Edge extension offers useful privacy features with a free 10GB data limit and multiple fast servers suitable for HD streaming. It supports excluding sites from VPN and works across devices. However, users note the necessity to create an account, limited free servers causing connectivity issues, occasional slow performance, and protocol errors that hinder reliability.

Pros

Provides free 10GB data allowance which is sufficient for casual use.
Multiple fast and stable server nodes allowing smooth streaming up to 4K and 8K resolution.
Includes privacy features such as VPN traffic funneling, browser-integrated privacy options, and GPS location spoofing.
Allows exclusion of specific websites from VPN use for convenience.
Works across multiple platforms including mobile and desktop devices.

Cons

Requires account registration to use the service which some users find inconvenient.
Free version has limited available server locations leading to inconsistent connection success.
Some users experience slow and laggy connections on free tier, affecting performance.
Several users report issues with connection failures and protocol errors.
Users complain about complicated or ineffective account setup consuming significant time.

Recent reviews

Really like this extension as an existing WindScribe customer, it gives me another option to funnel all my traffic or just browser traffic through the VPN, plus because it's integrated into the browser it gives me even more privacy options. I like being able to enable spoofing of my GPS location to the VPN server location among others. Great job!

by Nathan, 2025-05-06

软件连不上一直协议失败，浏览器扩展也连不上无语了

by dong, 2025-03-12

Самий найкращий VPN, зручно, що можна добавити ті сайти на яких не треба VPN. І працює швидко. Всім рекомендую.

by Saylew, 2024-12-31

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Extension safety

Risk impact

Windscribe - Free Proxy and Ad Blocker requires a lot of sensitive permissions. Exercise caution before installing.

Risk impact analysis details

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Risk likelihood

Windscribe - Free Proxy and Ad Blocker has earned a good reputation and can be trusted.

Risk likelihood analysis details

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